Wesley Correira

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Wesley Correira
Statistics
Nickname	Cabbage
Height	6 ft 3in (190 cm)
Weight	260 lb (118 kg)
Born	November 11, 1978
Fighting out of	Hilo, Hawaii
Town of birth	Hilo, Hawaii
Fighting style	Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Mixed martial arts record
Wins	18
By knockout	14
By submission	2
Losses	13
Draws	0

Wesley "Cabbage" Correira (born November 11, 1978) is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He trains with BJ Penn in Hawaii at BJ Penn MMA. He is well known for his strong "chin" (ability to sustain blows to the head without being knocked out), which was displayed in his fight with Tim Sylvia at UFC 39 and again with Andrei Arlovski at UFC 47. Correira lost the former fight by towel throw at 3:17 left of round 2 and the latter fight by TKO at 1:12 left of round 2. Despite the losses, Correira was not knocked down at all in the first fight and was knocked down only at the end of the second fight, after sustaining constant punishment for almost two entire rounds. This fight led UFC play by play announcer Mike Goldberg to say "This man is not human." Correira has been quoted as saying his head is full of "concrete and stuff".

Correira holds notable wins over Jason Lambert, Joe Riggs, David Abbott, Justin Eilers and Travis Wiuff.[1]

In his last fight, on 26th of January, 2008, Correira TKO'd Jacob Faagai at 2:17 of the first round. As of March, 2007 Correira is 2-5 in his last seven fights.